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Re: arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud

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I'm sure many are going to hate on this, but a simple k8s setup (just container+deployment+ingress) is going to be good for preventing vendor lock in. Too bad it's US only, devops is actually a good role for full remote setups. If you can't make it work asynchronously across timezones you are doing it wrong :)

You deal with emergencies with international on call rotation?

I actually can’t think of a better way to do so.

Re: arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud

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It’s still 100% LaTeX in my fields (AI, ML, robotics, telecom).

Out of curiosity, do you happen to know which tools are most commonly used to generate those LaTeX papers? Is auctex still a thing nowadays?

Overleaf and {pdfla,xela,lua}tex.

Re: arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud

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Disagree. It is ideal. Iran has been behind many terrorist activities over the decades.

The point is that this is not a punishment against "them", it's a loss for everyone (human kind), who affects for the vast majority innocent people both in Iran and all over the world. I don't see a world where this is "ideal", even if you agree with the block. We don't know where the people who will make scientific breakthrough will be. Imagine losing the cure for cancer, or a form of clean energy (or anything that…

That’s nice and wishful thinking. This is just the sad truth regarding sanctions. If your country cannot participate on the global stage at least partially than the people suffer. No different than North Korea. It sucks but life is unfair and sucks.

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They should definitely update UI of the website.

Why? I'd argue most users of that site like the skeleton ASCII-style UI, which is also fast (at least when compared to the today's JS-riddled sites).

Why have you downvoted the post? Because you don't like my opinion?

Re: arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud

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They should definitely update UI of the website.

Why? I'd argue most users of that site like the skeleton ASCII-style UI, which is also fast (at least when compared to the today's JS-riddled sites).

You don't understand UX/UI at all. It's User Experience and User Interface. This service is just obsolete and unfriendly. It's not about ASCII style etc.
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